October 07, 2013, 4:50PM

Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson sits down with City of Harrisburg pennlive.com reporter, Emily Previti to discuss a variety of topics. In this video Mayor Thompson talks about whether she met her own expectations. Video by: Christine Baker | pennlive.com

October 07, 2013, 2:17PM

Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson sits down with City of Harrisburg pennlive.com reporter, Emily Previti to discuss a variety of topics. In this video Mayor Thompson talks about her achievements and disappointments. Video by: Christine Baker | pennlive.com

August 15, 2013, 12:14PM

Harrisburg Mayor LInda Thompson holds a news conference Thursday to announce the retirement of city police Chief Pierre Ritter. Ritter was named chief in January 2010. He has been on the city's police force for more than 30 years.

April 26, 2013, 8:34AM

"Veep" is back on HBO. It's a scathing political comedy staring Emmy winning Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the desperate vice president of the United States. She heads a cast of back stabbers trying to scratch out a fingernail full of power from the trail of snail slime left behind by a powerless Vice President. It's got more great one liners than a Joan Rivers roast of Don Rickles. That's an old school one liner 'cause those two comics are so old when they went to school they used an abacus instead of a slide rule instead of a calculator in math class to cheat. It's a show you should listen to closely so you don't miss each slam of immoral outrage by one despicable character against an equally disreputable character. So this is my humble one liners' salute to "Veep's" genius at putting each other down. Full story »

April 23, 2013, 1:47PM

Energy savings for Harrisburg residents and businesses and plans for a cleaner and greener city were touted in a new green economic development plan unveiled Tuesday by Mayor Linda Thompson and former state DEP secretary and 2014 gubernatorial candidate John Hanger. Full story »

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. Reese Crane, left, of Shermans Dale, speaks before the clean up. The clean up was...

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. Endrea Reid, left, and Harrisburg City Council member Sandra Reid were there to help. VICKI...

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

By itself, the fact that Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson called Perry County residents âscumbag,ââ during a press conference on illegal waste dumping doesnât equate to a top story. But the firestorm that ensued and the fact that Thompson and her advisers blamed that firestorm for her loss in the primary election two months later does. Time Magazine recently called it...

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. Kirk Nace of Duncannon was there to help. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com

March 29, 2013, 6:42PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com

March 29, 2013, 6:41PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. Karen Tilkens of Duncannon was there to help. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com

March 29, 2013, 6:41PM

Harrisburg Authority Chairman Bill Cluck sweeps trash with Perry County residents and others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area. The group gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com

March 29, 2013, 6:41PM

Perry County residents, along with others from Harrisburg and the surrounding area, gathered near the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg on Friday, March 29, 2013 to pick up trash in the area in order to turn the comment made by Mayor Linda Thompson into something positive. Beverly Bosak of Harrisburg was there to help. VICKI VELLIOS BRINER, Pennlive.com